Remember the Orphans
(I received this too late to post by Sunday, but not too late to pray on Monday. Hope you will too. When I read these kind of stories, I wonder what has happened to Judaism. How can Rabbis the world over keep silent in the face of this grievous breach in Torah teaching and admonition? Where are the Jewish prophets? And so you know, I know these Christian Peacemakers in Hebron, and I know of none other to be more integral and honest as them. They are telling the truth!)
Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron is calling for Christians
around the world to make Sunday, 30 March a day of prayer for the
orphans of Hebron. On 25 February 2008, the Israeli army
raided all of the buildings and institutions funded by Islamic
Charities and gave orphanages and boarding schools until 1 April to
evacuate students. On 6 March 2008, the Israeli army
again stormed storage buildings of Islamic Charities, confiscating
food, children's clothing, and kitchen appliances used to prepare meals
for the orphans. These centers house, feed and educate 6000 children in
Hebron.
Christian Peacemaker Teams will visit the orphanages and will resist the forced expulsion of children if the Israeli army carries out the order.
Pray for the children of Hebron and for all of those affected by the actions of the Israeli army. Pray that the Israeli civil administration will rescind the order.
To learn more about the Israeli army confiscations from Islamic Charities here are links to recent articles:
Gideon Levy, " Twilight Zone / When charity ends at home"
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=964067&contrassID=2&subContrassID=14
Khalid Amayreh, "Palestinian Orphans protest after their facilities are raided by Israeli troops" http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/palestinian-orphans-protest-after-their-facilities-are-raided-
Oakland Ross, "Hunkering down in Hebron"
